Device for fastening legs to furniture.



No. 843,656. Y BATENTBD'PBB. 1 2, 1907. N. ANDERSEN.

y DEVICE FOR PASTENING LEGS TOFURNITURE.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG.28.1906.

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Nis ANDERSEN, oE'eLINToN, IOWA.'

DEVIC'E FOR FASTENING LEGS TOFURNITURLE.

Specicationof Letters Patent.

retreated Feb. 12, 1907.

iipiigaaon 4simi August 28,1906. semina. 332.377.

To (1,/1l whom, it may concern:

' of usual eonstr' at the corners oi intermediate portions ol the Be it known that I, Nrs ANnER'sEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clinton,

in the county of Clinton and State of Iowa;

have invented anew and usefull Device for Fastening Legs to Furniture, ofwhich` the following is a specification. This device has relation. to device for f astening, legs to furniture, especially tables, and it consists in the novel. construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter shown and described. A' 5' The object of the invent-ion is to so construct the legs and provide attaching ineans whereby said legs niay he easily and readily attached to and detached from the bridging used in table and furniture 'construction without the use of tools.

The invention consists, primarily, in slightly concaving the upper end .ofthe leg and placing in the concave thereof ascrewf threaded pin which projects beyo'nd the end of the leg. The bridging is erforated, and over said perforation is lacediadisk, which is 4provided with an annu ar flange that enters said perforation. A perforation.passesver-y tically through the disk and the flange and is eccentrically located with relation to ,the same. Said perforation is internally threaded and is adapted to receive the tlireadcdpin of the leg. i I l In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a tableprovided with the leg-attaching means. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional vie-w of the top ofthe same, cut on the line '2 2 of liig. 1. i of a portion ofthe bridging having the disk applied thereto. the upper end of. a table-leg. spective viewof a disk detached. The leg 1 is slightly concaved at its upper end, as at 2. '.lhe threaded pin 3 is attached to the upper 'end of the said leg, and the upper portionof the said pin projects beyond the upper end of the leg.- 'l`he bridging 4 is j .ion and is suitably attached table or article of furniture. 'lhe said bridging is provided with aperforation disk (i rests on top of the said bridgiugli. The said disk is 'provided at its ceniciwith the annular flange 7, which enters the perfo- Fig. 3 is a detail view Fig. 4 is a sectional view of Fig. 5 is a perration 5. The liiridging 4 is of greater tnick ness than the said flange 7. The perforation 8 passes vertically through the disk 6 and flange 7 and is eccentrically positioned with relation to the .-latter. The said perforation 8 is threaded and is .adapted to receive the pin rl`lie disk 6 may be fixed with relation to the bridging 4 by means of' the screw 9, or

he said screw may be d ispensedwitli.' lNhen tiie'iin 3 is screwed into the perforation 8, thannular edge of the upper end ofthe leg. l is drawn into close Contact with the lower surface of the bridging 4. No tools are necessary in order to attach the leg '1 to the bridging 4 or to detach the leg from the said bridging. By reason of the fact that the erforation 8 is ecceiitrically loeated'with re- Y ation to the flange 7the said disk G may be turned, so that the .position of the leg 1 may be adjusted along the bridging 4. v'lhus in a piece of furniture having a number of legs the alineinent or relative location of the said legs may be adjusted .to a nicety. 'l`he device ossesses other advantages which are incident to its simplicity and durability.

Having described my invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is"l i 1. A means for attaching furniture-legs comprising a bridging having a perforation, a disk located upon-the bridging and having a flange which enters the bridge-perforation said flange being provided with a threaded perforation which is eccentrically located, a

eg having at its upper end a threaded pin' which is adapted. to engage and disengage the perforation of the said flange.

2. A means for attaching furniture-legs comprising a bridging having a perforation, a

disk located upon the bridging and having a threaded. perforation, a leg having its up er end conca-ved and provided with a. threat ed pin which is adapted to passtlirouglitlieperforation and eiigage and disengage the i iskperforation.

llii testimony that l claim the foregoing as 

